SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAFE MEDICAMENT TRANSPORT

摘要

A medicament transport system includes a syringe adapter assembly; and a vial adapter assembly including a base defining an opening having a seal member disposed therewithin, a stem extending from the base and defining a lumen therethrough and an opening through a wall thereof, a needle shuttle valve slidably disposed within the lumen of the stem and supporting a transfer needle and a vacuum needle; and a vacuum cup slidably supported on the stem, wherein a vacuum chamber is defined in the space between the base, the stem and the vacuum cup. The medicament transport system includes a condition where the transfer needle and the vacuum needles penetrate the seal member of the vial adapter assembly, and the vacuum cup is moved to draw a vacuum through the vacuum needle. An automation system is provided that utilizes a medicament transport system for forming a medicament solution from a liquid/non-liquid solution.

主权项

1. A medicament container assembly, comprising:
a vial defining a cavity therein, the vial includes a neck defining an open end, the vial includes a medicament disposed within the cavity thereof and a stopper inserted in the open end of the neck and sealing the medicament within the cavity; and a vial adapter assembly connected to the neck of the vial, the vial adapter assembly including:
a transfer adapter sleeve;a shuttle valve slidably disposed within the transfer adapter sleeve; anda transfer adapter needle connected to the shuttle valve and fluidly connectable to a fluid container through the shuttle valve, wherein the shuttle valve has at least a first position wherein the transfer adapter needle is disposed within the transfer adapter sleeve and is not in fluid communication with the fluid container, and at least a second position wherein the transfer adapter needle is moved to extend from the transfer adapter sleeve through the seal of the vial and into the cavity of the vial to be in direct fluid communication with the cavity of the vial.